What is Rheumatoid-Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is traditionally considered a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints. It is a disabling and painful ...
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Tuesday December 1, 2009
Venting Stories
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yet again because i have fibromyalgia i have been brushed off by a dr.
this time dr adachi of hamilton, on, canada. told me that there was nothing he could do for me
the good dr said that i should get a new job cause mine is too stressfull
then he told me to go to the gym ...... i would if i could afford to
then he hinted i should find "alternative" methods of treatment (smoke po...
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This will be a long one but I need to vent and cry about this week. Okay, so I had my first Humira shot on the 27th of May-about 3-4 days later I had this horrible, sharp pain under my right breast. It was getting worse daily, especially when I took a deep breath, I never felt anything like it before. So on Wednesday the 4th I went to my PCP-he said he thought it could be my liver and I need...1 Recommendation9 Comments
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I had an appointment with the pain management doctor for my neck today. I did not like him. He was a bit condescending. I had to fill out a 3 page profile about my neck and one of the areas that asked about pain triggers, I checked off "stress" and then another area asked if you are being treated for depression. I checked yes. When he asked me about it, I wa...1 Recommendation6 Comments
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Please tell me that some place, somewhere the fantasy of a happy joyful family holiday get together really happens! Once again I have fooled myself into believing that the pattern of every family get together of the past will somehow change this time!
Once again I woke up this morning feeling like crap! The pain and difficulty that wrenchead has been talking about lately was full blown in me! Luck...1 Recommendation9 Comments -
Well I went back to work today after being out all last week with this gosh awful pain. I am a pharmacy technician, and I work for a small independent pharmacy. My pharmacist was on staff at a pharmacy that I worked at for 8 years, and he opened his own business in July of 2006. This has been my profession since I was 15, I started while in highschool and I've just...1 Recommendation6 Comments
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Today is the first day of my genetically engineered life! I had my first dose of the biologic drug, Humira. It will hopefully switch off my t-cells that are producing the inflammatory changes that are taking place, my goodness they have been very busy the last few months. I've read as much as I can on Humira, how it works, how its administered, what the side-effects are, who should/shouldn...1 Recommendation7 Comments -
I've been sitting here, thinking about just how insensitive some people can be, and it really saddens me. When you have just lost a loved one, the last thing you need to hear from someone is that, you should move on with your life. In my opinion, that is a very thoughtless remark, and very insensitive too. I believe that I have a great deal of compassion for others, and I would never dream of...2 Recommendations6 Comments
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After almost 5 months of putting up with constant stomping, thumping, jumping, banging, pounding, running & knocking, I've finally decided to complain to our Apartment Manager. I wrote a letter to her tonight, and taped it to her door.
It seems that, our upstairs neighbor has no care or concern for anyone. The noises coming from their apartment are very strange, and most important, very an...1 Recommendation6 Comments -
Well we hop on a plane tomorrow morning to go visit our families for Thanksgiving. I am having a tough time with this because I haven't seen my in-laws since losing Madelyn in July. Previously, after losing both Evan (May 2007) and Joshua (October 2008), they have yet to say anything like "I'm sorry that you're going throu...1 Recommendation7 Comments
